A preliminary study of small-mass radiocarbon sample measurement at Xi'an-AMS

Yun Chong Fu; Wei Jian Zhou; Hua Du; Peng Cheng; Xiao Lei Zhao; Qi Liu; Xue Feng Lu; Wen Nian Zhao

doi:10.1088/1674-1137/39/3/036202

A preliminary study of small-mass radiocarbon sample measurement at Xi'an-AMS

Yun Chong Fu
, Wei Jian Zhou
, Hua Du
, Peng Cheng
, Xiao Lei Zhao
, Qi Liu
, Xue Feng Lu
, Wen Nian Zhao

School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering

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To meet the measurement demands on small-mass radiocarbon (carbon content at 10^-6 g level) which are becoming increasingly significant, Xi'an-AMS has made improvements to the existing method of sample loading and has upgraded the Cs sputter ion source from the original SO-110 model. In order to study the feasibility of small-mass samples in Xi'an-AMS and evaluate the radiocarbon sample preparation ability using existing routine systems of H2/Fe and Zn/Fe, the small-mass samples prepared by four different methods are tested. They are the mass division method, mass dilution method, H2/Fe reduction method and Zn/Fe reduction method. The results show that carbon mass above 25 μg can be prepared using the existing Zn/Fe system, but no less than 100 μg is required using the existing H2/Fe system, which can be improved. This indicates Xi'an-AMS are now able to analyze small-mass radiocarbon samples.

Original language	English
Article number	036202
Journal	Chinese Physics C
Volume	39
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/39/3/036202
State	Published - 1 Mar 2015

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AMS
ion source
small-mass radiocarbon sample

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